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1923 Bentley 3 Litre
Original 1923 Numbers Chassis No. 294 Engine No. 295 Registration No. EL 7987		This car - updated Chassis No. 294 Engine No. 772 Registration No. EL 7987 (Updated with information from Ulrich Rossaro. - October 2017)


October 2017

	"I proudly inform you, that I am the new owner of EL 7987."


	Source: Ulrich Rossaro (Owner) Posted: Nov 03, 2017

July 19, 2015

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	Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia - Sunday 19th July 2015


	Source: Flickr, posted by user 'Roy Cousins' Posted: Aug 21, 2015

June 2009

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	At the BDC meeting at Broughton Castle in June 2009. (Photo by Simon Bellamy)


	Source: Simon Bellamy Posted: Jan 15, 2010

2006

In England in 2006 / Owned by a BDC member

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	Source: Sysonby Posted: Sep 24, 2010

July 1924

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Photo taken at Mill House, Sussex England c. 1924.
Henry Courtney Brocklehurst is sitting in the car.
Photo copyright Swythamley Historical Society.


	"According to his diary, Henry Courtney Brocklehurst bought this car on 12 July 1924 from Gaffikin Wilkinson for (?)850. It matches an advert in the Autocar of 4 July 1924."


	Source: Alan Weeks Posted: Dec 31, 2015

EARLIEST RECORD OF HISTORICAL FACTS & INFORMATION

Chassis No.	294
Engine No.	295
Registration No.	EL 7987
Date of Delivery:	Jun 1923
Type of Body:	4-seater
Coachbuilder:	CHALMER & HOYER
Type of Car:	TT

First Owner:	CUMMINGS Sqn Ldr P

More Info: Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Eng 295 in ch. 1114. 2 seater, engine 772 ex 762 (1992). Now Vanden Plas replica."

Posted: Sep 14, 2006

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	Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439

	Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147

	Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651

	Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590

	Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207

	Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165

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